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Nick Ackerman, a former Watergate prosecutor, said former President Trump is “toast” in his New York civil fraud case, arguing it is a “stupid move” for the former president to testify in his case after invoking the Fifth Amendment in a deposition for it last summer. “And basically at this point, Donald Trump is toast,” Ackerman said in a CNN interview. “I mean, he is basically going to be found to be a liar by the judge here.” New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) office is suing Trump, the Trump organization and Trump’s sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr., for $250 million over allegations of more than a decade of fraud. The suit accuses Trump, some of his children and their business of falsely inflating and deflating the value of the Trump Organization’s assets in order to receive lower taxes and more insurance coverage. Ackerman argued people are not only focused on the former president’s testimony, but also his deposition with James’s lawyers last summer, where he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 400 times. “Now what does it mean to take the Fifth Amendment? It means that you are refusing to answer a question, because a truthful answer would tend to be incriminating,” Ackerman said. “Then what did Donald Trump do last week? He went into court and said, ‘Oh, I didn’t do anything fraudulent, I wasn’t involved in a fraud.’ Which is just the opposite what in effect he was saying when he took the Fifth Amendment in his deposition.” “So you’ve got contradictory testimony,” Ackerman continued. “You can use his assertion of the Fifth Amendment against him to basically find that he’s lying, that he’s manipulating the system when he goes in, refuses to answer questions, answers the questions in a half-baked manner.” Trump took the stand earlier this week, where he defended his business practices and condemned those involved in the case as politically motivated “Trump haters.” FULL STORY

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Scotland Yard last night gave the green light to a pro-Palestine rally on Armistice Day as its top cop claimed it had 'no absolute power' to ban the protest. In a thinly veiled swipe at the Home Secretary, Metropolitan Police chief Mark Rowley said the laws of Parliament and intelligence gathered by its sources did not justify a ban. The country's most senior police officer said the protest, which is expected to draw in 70,000 people, could only be banned if there was a 'real threat' of serious disorder. This was despite fears of violent clashes between the marchers and Right-wing activists. The rally's organisers had already rebuffed the Met's pleas to postpone. They have also defied Rishi Sunak, who said the event was 'disrespectful', and Suella Braverman, who called it a 'hate march'. Sir Mark said he could not ban Saturday's demonstration simply because people felt it should not take place. 'The laws created by Parliament are clear. There is no absolute power to ban protest, therefore there will be a protest this weekend,' he insisted. 'The law provides no mechanism to ban a static gathering of people. It contains legislation which allows us to impose conditions to reduce disruption and the risk of violence, and in the most extreme cases when no other tactics can work, for marches or moving protests to be banned.' He said use of the power to block moving protests is 'incredibly rare' and must be reserved for cases where there is intelligence to suggest a 'real threat' of serious disorder. FULL STORY

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated a call on Tuesday for Palestinian civilians to move south for their own safety as the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) are fighting “in the heart of Gaza City”. In a televised statement, Netanyahu said there would be no ceasefire before Hamas released Israeli hostages. “I’m calling on the citizens of Gaza: please go south. I know you’re already doing that. Complete the move to the south because Israel will not stop. There’s no entry of workers and there will be no ceasefire without our hostages being back home,” Netanyahu said. Meanwhile, the IDF are fighting “in the heart of Gaza City”, according to the head of the military’s southern command. Major General Yaron Finkelman said the IDF was fighting in the “heart of terror” for the “first time in decades” and the operation was “complex and difficult”. Troops are expected to begin marching through the streets of the capital this week, where they are expected to face Hamas operatives, according to local media. It comes as the United Nations warned “no place” was safe in Gaza and said hundreds have been killed sheltering in UN buildings .FULL STORY

President Biden’s reelection campaign sent a memo to news outlets Tuesday asserting that there’s disparity in the way the media has covered polling, so far, following the coverage of the latest set of polls that show Biden trailing former President Trump in a hypothetical 2024 rematch. The memo from Biden-Harris 2024 communications director Michael Tyler was sent first exclusively to The Hill. It will be sent to political directors, editors, and producers at major media outlets and television networks, according to the memo. “Despite the ‘hair-on-fire’, ‘sky-is-falling’ tone we’ve seen from media coverage over the last few days, political predictions more than a year out tend to look a little different a year later. Gallup predicted an eight-point loss for President Obama only for him to win handedly a year later. A year out from the 2022 midterms, every major outlet similarly predicted a grim forecast for President Biden,” Tyler said in the memo. Tyler cited polling that showed Biden leading Trump or is tied with the former president from Oct. 17 through Nov. 6, including polls from NPR/PBS/Marist, Yahoo News/YouGov, USA/Suffolk, and Quinnipiac University, among others. “In recent days, the New York Times/Siena College poll has gotten non-stop attention to the exclusion of nearly every other poll. But if you zoom out, you’ll see a more complete picture. There have been eight polls in the past three weeks showing President Biden leading or tied with Donald Trump,” Tyler said. FULL STORY

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Just to add my experience/ I had one, went into the local Cop shop with it. Answer: do what you like but DONT carry it in public, it could be mistaken easily and you could be SHOT ! On your own premesis, transporting in your vehicle from A-B in its box.OK Thats MY experience and what I was told by the local BiB And before someone chimes in with why, I used it to fire at birds roosting in the eaves of a building, until I discovered a laser pen worked better. Tip: Go see your local Cops, as there is rarely consistency and its them likely to come at you if wrong, ask them ! Get it from the horses mouth so to speak.

Is alcohol costing you more than money? For many ex-pats who have retired and are living in Thailand, besides having fun and some well-earned R&R, the allure of the bars can also have a downside. With plenty of time on their hands and generous pensions, for some, alcohol can develop into a harmful dependency. Is there a support group that can help people overcome their addiction to alcohol? Of course, the most well-known and successful method for overcoming alcohol dependencies is support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Since AA's inception, millions of alcoholics have overcome their addictions and recreated their lives. Some people who come to AA walk away again quite quickly. They cannot deal with frequent references to God and a higher power often mentioned at meetings. For those wanting to stop drinking but don’t believe in the traditional idea of God, there is now a potentially helpful alternative. "The Twelve Steps for Agnostics" is a recent book published by an alcoholic in AA who identifies as an agnostic. With the help of other agnostic members, he found a way to achieve successful sobriety without having to worry about the ‘God’ word as it appears in the steps. This new book, available on Amazon, may prove to be a helpful resource for agnostics and atheists to overcome their addiction to alcohol. It should be noted that this is not AA-approved literature.

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Going to be on everything shortly, every time you post "are you sure" when you change forums "are you sure" and even when you want to login !! Are you sure ?........except when you log out...."NO chance"!

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More info needed, but in very general terms, whatever the deposit period is generally the notice period unless specified in a written lease/agreement. One month deposit one month termination either side is the standard unless there is a breach somewhere.

Title changed. Tip: you might want to check what your insurance has to say about you fitting non- standard size wheels. Horrible if you had an accident and they refused to help/pay. Just a suggestion.

Just a quick heads up for those that don't know, the Bangkok Bank branch situated in Big C Phetchabun has gone. First we saw the Tesco Lotus branch go, replaced later with Mr DIY.Now the Big C branch has gone. To my knowledge that just leaves the big building in the town as the last and only option.

Its stories and and misguided beliefs that makes them go "hunting" for Farangs in the first place, (in some cases)

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